U.s Environmental Protection Agency

EPA puts out PFAS limits despite critics' 'serious concerns with the underlying science'

By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023 @ 6:00am

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - After a years-long wait, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has decided limits in drinking water for chemicals known as PFAS.
Sterigenics: Lawsuits asking courts to rewrite federal clean air rules, based on a 'flawed' report

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Nov 29, 2018 @ 4:58pm

Saying plaintiffs are asking the courts to essentially rewrite federal environmental laws and regulatory rules based on a single report issued by a federal agency relying on faulty data, medical device sterilizer Sterigenics has asked a federal judge to corral a stampede of lawsuits that have hit the courts in recent weeks amid a blizzard of media reports asserting the company’s use of a key sterilizing agent at its facility in suburban Willowbrook could cause cancer.